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Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Patents on Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes

ACLU and PUBPAT Filed on Behalf of Medical Associations, Geneticists, Patients and Breast Cancer and Women’s Health Groups

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear arguments in a case seeking to invalidate patents for two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

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The original lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) on behalf of researchers, genetic counselors, patients, breast cancer…

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